Gary Plauche,There's a local news video that was broadcast some years ago, where Federal Marshals were escorting a former Scoutmaster and then accused rapist (of boys in his charge) off an airplane at the local airport.
Suspect is in cuffs, walking hand in hand abreast of two Marshals. As the camera follows them down the concourse, in the background a man is seen to be supposedly talking on a pay phone.
As the trio passes him, he hangs up the phone, falls in line behind the suspect, pulls an handgun and puts one in the suspect's head.
(it was a Dad of one of the boys. That kind of capital punishment is pretty easy to get on board with.)![]()
Killed his sons kidnapper and molester.
As to details of the aftermath, I seem to recall that the Dad was convicted of Manslaughter, with a suspended sentence/probation.
Grief and rage at the level that places a person capable of taking another life (and to a degree they may not entirely be responsible for their actions) can very often be something that does not dissipate in time from the event that caused it. It may easily magnify with time.
It also may not be something to interfere with calculation and planning.
1st Degree Murder must include full responsibility for the action, and malice/aforethought. If my recollection of sentence is correct, the judge understood all of this.
He got out of serving prison time with only 5 years probation. When asked why he said any father would have done the same. Judge Frank Saia ruled that sending Plauché to prison would not help anyone, and that there was virtually no risk of him committing another crime. His son went on to raise awareness of sexual abuse and more recently called his dad the greatest dad of all time.
'My life is great 40 years after my dad killed my rapist on live TV'
Four decades after the horrific rape and abuse he suffered at the hands of his karate teacher before his father killed the man on live TV, Jody Plauché is doing well — in fact, he's celebrating his life